I AM SO SORRY EVERYBODY! SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY! I know I've been gone forever and I'm super sorry about it. I've been in Germany and I've had major, MAJOR writers block. Anyway, I'm super sorry! Here's my next chapter. It's kind of short, I know. However, it is completely about Serenity! So, for all you Serenity fans, waiting patiently for me to introduce her into the story, here she is! Sparky
Chapter Eight
She was so cold. She didn't know where she was, or exactly how long she had been there. She had lost count many days ago. The sharp, biting wind battered her small body where she sat on a fallen log somewhere in a large, sinister looking forest.
When Beryl had taken her in her sleep, she hadn't counted on the fact that Serenity was far more competent than she looked. Everybody thought her to be a sweet, yet ditsy princess who got lost in her own castle. On the contrary, Serenity was extremely intelligent and had a marvelous sense of direction. Just because she pretended to be a bubble-head didn't mean she actually was one.
The last thing she remembered from before Beryl taking her was going to sleep, burrowed deep beneath her white silk covers. Then, she woke up in Beryl's clutches. She knew Beryl was from Earth, but that didn't necessarily mean that Serenity herself was on Earth. For all she knew, Beryl could have had a secret hideout on Jupiter instead of on the pretty marble that Serenity so admired. And, from her limited knowledge of what Earth looked like, it seemed she could have been on either. Both Jupiter and Earth were renowned for their forests.
For sometime Beryl had tortured her and enjoyed doing it. All Lunarian's had a great resistance when it came to pain, which made Beryl try all the harder to make Serenity scream in pain. Eventually, Beryl had grown tired of her, and threw her badly used body into a dank, dirty cell. All Serenity had for clothing was the nightshift she had gone to sleep in, and now it was in tatters and covered little.
But Serenity was far more clever than the two stupid youma Beryl had left to guard her. It didn't take much of the meager pallet she had to make a dummy of herself. Whilst the youma ate, she placed the pseudo-Serenity in the corner and scrambled out of the cell's only miniscule window. She wasn't strong enough to call upon any of her powers to aid her, for she had been given little to eat over the time of her captivity and that, combined with the torture, quite depleted her powers. She was just glad that her cell was only three stories up from the forest's floor, and she did not have to climb very far down.
She did not know how long she had stumbled through the heavy foliage, desperately looking for both food and somebody to rescue her. She was far too weary to even call out to her mother for aid, though she knew that her mother had probably sent a search party for her.
How she missed Queen Selenity. She loved her mother so much, and wished that she could just curl up in her lap again and be told bed time stories while gentle hands softly brushed through her hair. Just thinking about it made tears well up in her big, cerulean blue eyes.
Eventually, Serenity hadn't been able to walk anymore, and she had sat down heavily on a log. Her once bright silver hair was now dull and in tangles, with her own blood crusted upon it. There were several cuts over her body, some that she had managed to stop the bleeding and others that still bled freely. Her entire body hurt and she wished that it would be all over.
Running a shaking hand through her mess of hair, Serenity fought back the despair that threatened to swamp her. Normally she was very pragmatic, taking tragedies in stride. But this was practically overwhelming her. Her greatest fear was being alone; and here she was, completely and totally bereft of any other company. Sometimes, a few curious animals would come near, but for the most part, the local animals left her alone. Some of them were the oddest things she had ever seen: large, horse-like creatures with great antlers atop their head and odd looking faces, small cat-like black creatures with white stripes on them, and others so odd she could hardly believe they were alive. She thought she was on Earth, but then she wasn't very familiar with the Jovian animal life either.
She desperately missed her Senshi. She missed Mercury and her soft, sweet nature. Mercury was always willing to listen to Serenity's fears and offer ways to overcome them. She missed Mars and her fiery, exotic mysteriousness. Though she and Mars constantly bickered, Serenity was always awed at how powerful Mars was, both by her planetary power and her own self-confidence. She missed Jupiter and sweet, sisterly protection. Just thinking of Jupiter's amazing cooking made Serenity's mouth water. She missed Venus and her bubbly, mischievous personality. She and Serenity were constantly getting themselves into trouble.
Serenity would do anything to get back to them.
What had she done to Beryl to be treated so? Earth did not even know of her kingdom's existence; why had Beryl taken her? But she knew one thing: the instant her power was restored and she had her Senshi by her side, Serenity would seek revenge on Beryl.
Okay, there we go peeps! Yeah, I know it was short. My next chapter is going to be really long, however. I'm not sure when I'll be able to get it out, but hopefully it will be soon! I hope you liked this chapter! Sparky